Winner
Majestic 10
Runner-Up
Merrill's Roxy
The Majestic 10 is not an art house, but it is a fun place to line up for, say, a midnight showing of your favorite tent-pole flick. “I’d describe it as our mainstream theater, appealing more to the younger crowd,” says Merrill Jarvis III, who co-owns both the Majestic and downtown Burlington’s Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas. If a popcorn flick is what you’re in the mood for, the Majestic offers stadium seating, which ensures almost everybody a good view of the action. Opened in 2004, greater Burlington’s first digital theater is still packin’ ’em in.
SEVEN DAYS: What’s the longest line you’ve ever seen for a movie?
MERRILL JARVIS III: That definitely would have to be the last Harry Potter movie for the midnight show. There were close to 1700 people; we sold out the entire building.
SD: How often do you bust people for having outside food?
MJ III: Pretty much every day.
Winner
The Savoy Theater
Essex Cinemas
| Aug 2, 2023
Essex Cinemas
| Aug 3, 2022
Majestic 10 (Williston) & The Savoy Theater (Montpelier)
| Jul 31, 2019
Majestic 10
| Aug 1, 2018
Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas
| Aug 2, 2017
Majestic 10
| Aug 3, 2016
Majestic 10
| Aug 5, 2015
Majestic 10 (Williston) and The Savoy Theater (Montpelier)
| Jul 30, 2014
Merrill's Roxy Cinemas (Burlington) & Savoy Theater (Montpelier)
| Aug 7, 2012
Merrill's Roxy Cinemas (Burlington) & Savoy Theater (Montpelier)
| Aug 2, 2011
Merrill's Roxy (Burlington) & Savoy Theater (Montpelier)
| Aug 2, 2010
Merrill's Roxy
| Aug 4, 2009
Merrill's Roxy Cinema
| Jul 29, 2008
Merrill's Roxy Cinema
| Jul 25, 2007
Merrill's Roxy Cinema
| Aug 9, 2006
Merrill's Roxy Cinema`
| Aug 10, 2005
Merrill's Roxy Cinema
| Jul 28, 2004
Savoy Theater
| Jul 22, 2003